Silo and building-tile therefor.



J. MERLEY.

SILO AND BUILDING TILE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1911.

1,@76,597, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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WITNESSES INUENTOR J. MERLEY. v SILO 'AND BUILDING TILE THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1911.

1,076,597, Patented 0011.21; 1913.

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JOHN MERLEY, 0F CANTON, QHIO, ASSlZG-NOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

TRUST COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, TRUSTEE.

SILO AND BUILDING-TILE THEREFOR. I

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented a. 21, 1913.

Application filed. July as, 1911. Serial No. 641,162. I

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN MERLEY, a resident of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Silos and Building- Tiles Therefor, of which the following is a' full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this which- Figure 1 is a horizontal section of a silo embodying ray-invention taken through one of the joints; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a silo; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing several assembled tiles, the plane section being on the line III'-III of Fig. 4 Fig. 4 is a fragmentary View partly in side elevation and partly in section of a portion of a silo wall; and Fig. 5 is a side view illustrating a modification.

My invention has relation to silos and to building tiles for use in the construction thereof, and is designed to provide a tile which can be cheaply manufactured and which is provided with means of improved character for connecting it to adjacent upper and lower tiles in such a manner that the use of exterior bands or other holdingdevices around the silo structure'is avoided. My improved tile also provides means by which silos may be rapidly and cheaply C01 structcd and does away with the use of expensive connecting devices and provides connecting means which are not easily broken and whi h can be quickly applied.

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof, and which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes may be made in the details of construction, without departing from the spirit and scope of my in vention as defined in the appended claims.

My improved tile, moral 2, is of hollow segmental form, preferably of terra cotta, the central opening extending'vertically through the tile from end to end. The lateral faces 3 of the tile are substantially radial, their inner narrow ends 1, are concave, and their outer ends 5 are slightly conven,s'o-that when assembled in the manner hereinafter described, they ,jections .or

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' courses being so placed as placed between designated by the nu-.

' will form a hollowcylindrical silo structure.

The tiles are also provided on their lateral faces with bonding grooves or recesses 6, .to

receive the cement or other filling 7, which is placed between the tiles in settingthem up. Each tile is also formed with inward proswells 8, having holes 9 extending vertically therethrough 'from top to bottom, these holes being provided for the purpose presently to be described.

In building a silo structure with my improved tiles, successivecircular courses'are thetiles of adjacent to break joints in suitable cement is laid one above another,

the adjacent courses. A the tiles and also between the horizontal courses. The successive courses are firmly connected to each other either by means'o relatively short dowels 10, seated in the holes 9 and extending across the horizontal joints,

or by means of vertical rods 11, (see F g. 5)

THE UNION the vertical lateral faces of' which may extend entirely through the ver-- tical holes 9 of twoor more adjacent courses. When these rods are employed, they are preferably arranged linoverlapping sets, as shown in Fig. 5, The usual vertical door opening 12 is left at one side of the silo structure and the tiles at the edges of this opening are connected across the openingby means of tie bars 13, whichare secured to the tiles by means of pins or dowels inserted in the holes 14-, provided therefor, these holes 14 being partly formed ininterior projections 15 of the tiles; v

16 designates the usual doors toreceive which the tiles adjacent to the upper opening may have their inner corners cut away, as shown'at 17, in Figs. 1 and As a further means of bonding the horizontal courses of the tiles, a layer or layers of wire fabric, such as indicated at 18 in Fig. 1, may be placed between adjacent courses, the dowel pins or vertical rods extending through such fabric and the cement also bonding in'the meshes thereof. In or: der to more effectively break the joints, some of the tiles may be of greater width than Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by Washington, I). O.

a S110 of strong and durable .other tiles in said courses,

jacent courses; substantially as apparent, since it provides means "whereby character may be readily and cheaply constructed.

I claim:

1. A building tile for silos and the like of hollow segmental form, said tiles having closed ends and sides and aninternal projection at each corner of the tile formed with vertical perforations extending therethrough to-re'ceive connecting devices; substantially as described...

2. A building tile for silos and the like of hollow segmental form, said tiles being closed at bothends and both sides, a plurality of internal projections formed with vertical perforations extending therethrough to receive connecting devices, the sides of the tile having vertical grooves formed therein for the reception of binding mate rial; substantially as described.

silo composed of superimposed horizontal courses of tiles, each tile having a vertical opening extending therethrough, said tiles being closed at both ends and both sides, each of said tiles having formed in at least one of itssides a vertical groove registering with a similar vertical groove in an 'adjacent tile, bonding material Within said grooves and at least four integral projections formed on each tile at the corners thereof, said projections having vertical perforations therethrough, two of the perforations in one tile registering with two perforations in'the tiles in adjacent courses,-

the others registering with perforations in and connecting devices 1n said perforations for connecting the tiles in one course with the tiles in addescribed.

vices in said perforations for 4. A silo composed of superimposed horizontal courses of tiles, each tile having a vertical opening extending therethroug the tiles of one course being in staggered relation with the'tiles in adjacent courses so that there is a single air space, formed by said openings between the inner and outer shells of the silo, there being a plurality of vertical perforations through the walls of each of the tiles, the perforations through the tiles in one course registering with perforations through and securing devices in said perforations for securing the tiles of one course to the tiles in adjacent courses; substantially as described. 1

5. A silo composed of superimposed horizontal courses of tiles; -each tile having'a vertical opening extending thercthrough, the'tiles of one course being in staggered relation with the tiles in adjacent courses so that there is a single air space formed by said. openings between the inner and; outer shells of the silo, there being a plurality of vertical perforations through the Walls of each of the tiles, the perforations through the tiles in one course registering with perforations in adjacent courses, securing desccuring the tiles of one course to the tiles courses, and means for securing adjacent tiles in the same course to each other; sub stantially asdescribe Int'estimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. JOHN MERLEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES J GRANT, W. E. MASON.

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